The Sons And Daughters Of The Vikings Come To The Rescue...

I received this comment from Hanne Maja Christiansen and am compelled to share it.
It touches my heart and restores some faith in humanity. Thankyou, sons and daughters
of the Vikings.
"Well I wrote that the Germans could be proud
of themselves. The last day has made me proud of the the many Danes who are committing
Civil Disobedience.
They go up against the Danish government and the restrictive regulations concerning refugees.
On Monday evening and night, a lot of Danes started their cars and drove to the little island where refugees come into Denmark and start walking on the fields and along the roads.
The volunteers picked up a lot of refugees and transported them to Copenhagen or Sweden.
A Swedish reporter said that the policemen gave up and collectively went and ate dinner while the private cars were filled with refugees.
Others are giving food, clothes and a warm bed to refugees. A Danish woman has used her boat to transport refugees to Sweden. I certainly realise that people have stood up for what they believe is right. And show compassion.
Well done my brothers and sisters, sons and daughters of the Vikings".
Perhaps a Peoples Revolution is happening...

We Shouldn't Forget To Remember This...

We shouldn't forget to remember
that there is such a thing as People Power.
We might exercise it more often...

Bicycles. They've Come A Long Way...

Some will remember the old Penny Farthing
and we enjoy seeing them at street parades and fair grounds, but the world has changed and with it the ubiquitous bicycle.
Today's materials and technology allow designers the creative freedom to take the basic bicycle and turn it into an amazing art form.
Now if they'd only do something
about those ugly helmets...

The Lodnon 2102 Oimplycs...

The obscenely greedy, Mammon worshipping, insecure, crass, power hungry people who make up the sponsors of the 2012 London Olympics have the audacity to think they have the right to tell local London businesses they can't use the official Olympic rings to publicly display their support for the games.
Some people get carried away with their own perceived importance.
Without money these same people would be impotent.
A governing body called LOCOG has stated that 'Strict rules mean that only official sponsors are allowed to display images of the rings and to use the words London Olympics 2012.'
People though are thankfully creative and resourceful. Tell them they can't do something and they will because where there's a will there's a way!
The founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin explained the Olympic ring design which he created in 1913. 'The rings represent the Unions of five continents and the meeting of athletes from around the world at the Olympic Games. The colours were chosen because at least one of these colours is found within the flag of every nation'.
I'm sure the good Baron did not envisage the likelyhood, one hundred years later, of some greedy selfish, sponsors denying people the right to display this universal symbol.
The original Olympic flag was made at the Bon MarchA store in Paris and first flew over an Olympic stadium at the 1920 Antwerp Games.
This flag carries the Olympic motto in Latin. Citius, Altius, Fortius, which means Faster, Higher, Stronger.
Greed though is unfortunately the way of our world and greed is the what will ultimately destroy our world...